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Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| open-compute | prometheus | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 55/100 | 90/100 |
| Rank in category | #3 of 7 in Serverless | #1 of 104 in Monitoring & observability |
| GitHub stars | 2 365 | 66 827 |
| Stars, last 30 days | — | +631 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 9 | 16 |
| Latest release | v0.3.0 · 10 Oct 2026 | v3.15.1 · 21 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Rust | Go |
Which one should you pick?
prometheus scores 90/100 against 55/100 for open-compute, so it is the safer default.
prometheus ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for open-compute.
prometheus is growing faster right now (+631 stars in 30 days).
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